[2026:JHHC:12758] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2155 of 2026 Jitendra Kumar @ Jitu, aged about 35 years, son of Late Ashok Saw, resident of Nagwa Mohalla, P.Ο. & P.S.- Garhwa Nagar, District- Garhwa, Jharkhand. ..... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand. ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. A.K. Kashyap, Sr. Advocate. : Mrs. Lina Shakti, Advocate. For the State : Mr. V.K. Vashistha, A.P.P. ------ 03/ 30.04.2026 Heard learned senior counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Garhwa P.S. Case No. 59 of 2026, registered for the offence under Sections 21, 22 and 29 of the NDPS Act, pending in the court of learned Principal District and Sessions Judge, Garhwa. 3. Learned senior counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the name of the petitioner has come on the basis of confessional statement and the brown sugar has been recovered from the conscious possession of the apprehended co-accused Ramesh Kumar Paswan @ Kali Paswan @ Kailash Paswan and Akbar Ansari and the petitioner has nothing to do with the recovered brown sugar. On these grounds he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be provided to the petitioner. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that the petitioner is having the criminal antecedent and further this is a case arising out of recovery of brown sugar. 5. Considering that the case is arising out of the recovery of brown sugar and further petitioner is having the criminal antecedent and that has come in the order of the learned Sessions Judge and in the [2026:JHHC:12758] -2- attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner, above named. As such, his prayer for anticipatory bail is rejected. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-30.04.2026 Amitesh/-